Ajo in Pima County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Curley School
built 1919
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
January 31, 2008
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.
Location. 32° 22.312′ N, 112° 51.878′ W. Marker is in Ajo, Arizona, in Pima County. Marker is at the intersection of West Esperanza Avenue and West Vananda Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Esperanza Avenue. Marker is on a short wall near the top of the front stairs. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 W Esperanza Ave, Ajo AZ 85321, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The City of Ajo (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Ajo Mining District (about 700 feet away); Ajo Train Depot (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Mine Manager's House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Clarkston Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away).
Regarding Curley School. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
Architects Lescher and Kibbey of Phoenix, with their recently hired master draftsman LeslieMahoney, produced initial designs for Curley School in 1918 and 1919 as part of a celebrated team of planners and designers then developing the copper-mining company town of Ajo, Arizona. The main school building and eventually the entire educational complex through 1951 all respond faithfully to the civic axis that is a central pivot for the remarkable City Beautiful layout of Ajo. Mahoney brought his initial Spanish Colonial Revival details directly from California, during the height of that state's infatuation with the style at the 1915 Panama-California International Exhibition, and created a premier civic focal point with the school for Ajo. The style's wide range of subsets—including Classical, Baroque, Mission and Rancho—and the Phoenix firm's involvement in successive Curley School expansions, carried the stylistic theme through completion of the school campus in 1951. …
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Also see . . . Curley School. National Register of Historic Places nomination (PDF) and photographs (separate PDF) submitted for the site. (National Park Service) (Submitted on April 19, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
cmh2315fl via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0), November 25, 2018
2. Curley School
It now has live/work spaces for artists.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 241 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
